Jane Austen (1775-1817) is considered by many scholars to be the first great woman novelist. Her novels revolve around people, not events or coincidences. Miss Austen sets her novels in the upper middle class English country which was her own envi Jane Austen (1775-1817) is considered by many scholars to be the first great woman novelist. Her novels revolve around people, not events or coincidences. Miss Austen sets her novels in the upper middle class English country which was her own environment.

Her novels have increased in stature over time. Her skills of writing, including a dry humor and a witty elegance of expression have attracted generations to her work.

Miss Austen completed six novels and part of a seventh, "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma", "Northanger Abbey", "Persuasion" and the partial "Lady Susan". Quiet Vision publishes all seven.

If you cannot say "yes" immediately you must say "no"
'Of all the most horrible things, saying goodbye is the worst.'
The bad weather continued next morning but in the afternoon it stopped raining, the sun came out and it was summer again.

If you cannot say "yes" immediately you must say "no"
'Of all the most horrible things, saying goodbye is the worst.'
The bad weather continued next morning but in the afternoon it stopped raining, the sun came out and it was summer again.

A slow book and not too interesting. This story started with the marriage of the Westons and finishes with three marriages, including the main character Emma Woodhouse. Without giving too much away, Emma at the beginning seems to find a way to invo

A slow book and not too interesting. This story started with the marriage of the Westons and finishes with three marriages, including the main character Emma Woodhouse. Without giving too much away, Emma at the beginning seems to find a way to involve herself in peoples lives and works to arrange relationships with varying levels of success. There are a few couples in the story and the arc of the book concerns their relationships and the connections of the small town of Highbury.

On another tangent, all through the story I couldn't help but think how boring life must have been 200 years ago with no TV, internet and smartphones.

This version was an Everyman's Library version so I had to read the Introduction after reading the book because the Intro gives away the whole story before you read it.

“I do so wonder, Miss Woodhouse, that you should not be married, or going to be married! so charming as you are!”—Emma laughed, and replied,“My being charming, Harriet, is not quite enough to induce me to marry; I must find other people charming—one“I do so wonder, Miss Woodhouse, that you should not be married, or going to be married! so charming as you are!”—Emma laughed, and replied,“My being charming, Harriet, is not quite enough to induce me to marry; I must find other people charming—one other person at least. And I am not only, not going to be married, at present, but have very little intention of ever marrying at all.”“Ah! so you say; but I cannot believe it.”“I must see somebody very superior to any one I have seen yet, to be tempted; Mr. Elton, you know, (recollecting herself,) is out of the question: and I do not wish to see any such person. I would rather not be tempted. I cannot really change for the better. If I were to marry, I must expect to repent it.”“Dear me!—it is so odd to hear a woman talk so!” —“I have none of the usual inducements of women to marry. Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. And, without love, I am sure I should be a fool to change such a situation as mine. Fortune I do not want; employment I do not want; consequence I do not want: I believe few married women are half as much mistress of their husband’s house, as I am of Hartfield; and never, never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important; so always first and always right in any man’s eyes as I am in my father’s.”...Continua Nascondi